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Fact-checks (8372)

Ron Johnson stated on October 04, 2022 in Public statement:
"To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate."
By D.L. Davis• October 10, 2022
Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment:
"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 23, 2021
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama:
“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2023
Clay Higgins stated on November 15, 2023 in a congressional hearing:
A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”
By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• November 21, 2023
Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":
“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”
By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021
Jonathon Moseley stated on February 01, 2022 in a TV segment:
“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
By Bill McCarthy• February 4, 2022
Michael van der Veen stated on February 12, 2021 in a speech at the U.S. Senate:
After the Capitol insurrection, “one of the first people arrested was a leader of antifa."
By Daniel Funke• February 12, 2021
Sherrod Brown stated on January 08, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters:
Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”
By Jon Greenberg• January 11, 2021
Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2021 in Instagram posts:
Department of Homeland Security “deemed as terrorism” behavior that includes “resisting COVID regulations” and “thinking the election was rigged.”...“In other words, if you are a Trump supporter, you are a terrorist.”
By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2021
Oath Keepers stated on April 19, 2018 in a blog post:
"California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"  
By Jon Greenberg• April 26, 2018
David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech:
"Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 29, 2016
Bloggers stated on April 08, 2021 in articles and social media:
Black Lives Matter protest at Iowa Capitol was an “insurrection” like that on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
By Tom Kertscher• April 12, 2021
Louise Slaughter stated on February 27, 2014 in a tweet:
Says "by 4th grade, 86 percent of African-American boys and 82 percent (of) Hispanic boys are reading below proficiency levels."
By Steve Contorno• February 28, 2014
Viral image stated on May 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows Rob Cantrall at a recent Michigan protest.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2020
Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Joe Biden told West Point graduates that “he is not planning to accept the results of the 2024 election” and he wants them to “stand back and stand by” to ensure Donald J. Trump doesn’t win.
By Sofia Ahmed• May 30, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality."
By Tom Kertscher• July 7, 2023
Benny Johnson stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.”
By Madison Czopek• June 6, 2023
Viral image stated on January 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 5, 2021
Viral image stated on December 06, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 6, 2022
Greg Gutfeld stated on August 20, 2020 in a TV segment:
“QAnon violence! There is none.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 24, 2020

Articles (3207)

‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

By Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2021

FBI investigation of Capitol riot focuses on far-right groups

By Daniel Funke• January 20, 2021

Which charges could be in a Jan. 6 indictment of Donald Trump?

By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2023

‘A call to action’: Jan. 6 hearing shows Trump’s sway on rioters with words, tweets

By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• July 13, 2022

House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here's what to watch

By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2022

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021

There’s still no evidence that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 riot, despite stories claiming otherwise

By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2021

Why did it take the DOJ more than two years to indict Donald Trump in the 2020 election case?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero• August 3, 2023

The Jan. 6 Capitol attack: A year of debunking false narratives

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 4, 2022

Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms

By Bill McCarthy• June 29, 2022

Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong

By Samantha Putterman• June 18, 2021

What the Jan. 6 hearings revealed about Trump’s actions before and after the Capitol attack

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• December 9, 2022

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2021

Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

By Jon Greenberg, Noah Y. Kim• January 8, 2021

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

By Bill McCarthy• September 30, 2020

Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies

By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021

Jan. 6 hearing details Trump’s inaction as Capitol riot unfolded

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2022

What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 2, 2023

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022

Obama used a Koran? No, he didn't

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 20, 2007